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Chinese symbol for “apocrypha”

伪书
wěi shū
Traditional: 偽書
forged book; book of dubious authenticity; misattributed book; Apocrypha

The closest CC-CEDICT match for apocrypha is 伪书 (wěi shū), defined as: forged book; book of dubious authenticity; misattributed book; Apocrypha.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

伪 wěi
false, counterfeit, bogus
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
书 shū
book, letter, document; writing
radical 5 ⼄ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “apocrypha”

WordPinyinMeaning
伪经 (偽經)wěi jīngforged scriptures; bogus classic
次经 (次經)cì jīngnon-canonical text; dubious classic text

Related words

Other words that share a character with 伪书.

WordPinyinMeaning
伪造 (偽造)wěi zàoto forge; to fake
虚伪 (虛偽)xū wěifalse; hypocritical
伪装 (偽裝)wěi zhuāngto pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as
真伪 (真偽)zhēn wěitrue or bogus; authenticity
伪君子 (偽君子)wěi jūn zǐhypocrite
伪善 (偽善)wěi shànhypocritical
书记 (書記)shū jisecretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe
秘书 (秘書)mì shūsecretary

See also: Japanese symbol for “apocrypha”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.